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Provides technical assistance to private businesses or local and state organizations on meeting ADA compliance. Includes a walk-through of the business by qualified people with disabilities and a written summary of recommendations.

Assess and help to resolve barrier issues of inaccessibility or discrimination. Conduct disability awareness training for schools, businesses, hospitals and civic organizations.

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services of Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central PA, offers:Resources/training related to language translation, housing, income benefits, mobility/transportation, education, communication, assistive technology, advocacy, budgeting, household management, mentoring, and socialization/recreation geared toward persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Sign Language Instruction. Assistance with obtaining an Interpreter/Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). Instruction of the Pennsylvania Driver's Manual. Public awareness/sensitivity training regarding persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Information about Videophones/Video Relay Interpreting Services and resources on how to go about getting a videophone. Assistance with getting equipment via the TDDP such as a TTY, CapTel, amplified telephone, etc. A New Start program through Roads to Freedom, an Assistive Technology reuse/recycle program, may be able to provide donated equipment.

Provides independent living; carriage homes; personal care; nursing facility and skilled nursing; palliative care; speech, occupational, physical, and respiratory therapies; and an Alzheimer's residential center. Services include activity programming, active volunteer program, intergenerational programs, beauty and barber services, on-site chapel, and pastoral services.

Provides specialized information and referral pertaining to disability issues.

Offers a no-cost, multi-faceted lifestyle evaluation to determine the programs, services, and support available to assist you to Live Well with a Disability. Provides programs, services, and support to Live Well with a disability.

Life Skills training is an individualized service designed to increase independence. The consumer (a person with a disability) sets the pace, decides the goals, and does the work. Life Skills staff serve as role models, advocates, and supporters. Training areas are housing, money management, social/recreation, self-care, mobility/transportation, education, vocation, communication, assistive technology, sexuality, service coordination, advocacy, and attendant care. RTFCIL also offers the following curriculum: Budgeting/Checkbook Balancing, Cooking/Meal Preparation, Housing Assistance, and Job Readiness.

Provides instruction on skills necessary to gain and maintain independent living.

Provides clients with the skills needed to remain independent in the community. By helping clients improve their ability in areas such as activities of daily living, interpersonal communication skills, computer use, and orientation and mobility.

Provides advocacy services for persons with disabilities and their families.

Offers a no-cost, multi-faceted lifestyle evaluation to determine the programs, services, and support available to assist you to Live Well with a Disability. Provides programs, services, and support to Live Well with a disability.

Provide Assistive Technology Services as an Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC) through Technology for Our Whole Lives (TechOWL). Services include: Public Awareness, Training and Technical Assistance, Acquisition of Assistive Technology Services, Equipment Reutilization, Device Demonstrations, Assistance with Funding Resources, lending Library, and Free Phone Program. A New Start, our in-house reuse program, provides gently used medical equipment and assistive technology devices to individuals who are unable to obtain what they need through ordinary channels. Their goal is to reutilize home medical equipment and other devices that are sitting around unused and give the equipment to someone in need.

Providing services to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities who are in need of assistance.

Provides services to help people with disabilities live independently.

Provides an array of independent living services.

Provide education and consultations to individuals, businesses, and agencies to eliminate structural barriers for people with disabilities through performing Accessibility Surveys. The ADA Services allow them to keep current with regulations and participate in professional development activities.

Roads to Freedom's Employment Service involves processes/steps that must be followed to insure the best placement possible. Processes/steps to be followed for successful employment in Customized Employment are Discovery, Vocational Profile, Planning Meeting, Job Development, and Job Coaching. Interested consumers can use CILNCP as their Employment Network, funded as a fee for service through Maximus. The Ticket to Work (TTW) incentive is designed to remove the barriers that disability beneficiaries currently face in returning to work. As an Employment Network, CILNCP will coordinate employment, vocational rehabilitation, and other support services for beneficiaries. Ticket holders are offered the following employment services: Job search assistance. Resume preparation. Interview Skills. Job placement. Job postings. Vocational counseling. Past employment support systems. Job coaching support. Social Security Work Incentives Outreach (funded through AHEDD) provides Impairment Related Work Expenses. Plan to

Offers financial assistance via loans to purchase assistive technology equipment.

Provides home modifications to individuals with low-income. Offers ADA & UCC Assistance, Comprehensive, on-site assessments, technical assistance, and training on the federal and state anti-discrimination and accessibility laws. Gives training, Individualized, interactive workshops on disability awareness and disability-related issues, and monthly consumer training series.

Provides independent living, residential living, personal care, nursing facility, skilled nursing, speech/occupational/physical/respiratory therapies, adult day services, palliative care and The Gallagher Center (39 bed Alzheimer's Center features a wander track, enclosed courtyard and private/semi-private rooms). Services include activity programming, active volunteer program, intergenerational programs, beauty and barber services, on-site chapel and pastoral services.

Offers advocacy, independent living skills instruction, information and referral, and peer counseling.

Offers a wide spectrum of programs and services to meet the needs of the local disability community. Services include: *Disability Advocacy *Person Centered Counseling *Voter rights *Peer Support *E-sports *Technology Center

Provides help to young adults who are homeless and without family support. Young people live in supervised apartments in the community while they are continuing their education or finding and maintaining employment.

Offers a one-call referral service for consumers.

OBRA WAIVER and ACT 150 PROGRAM only. Enables persons with disabilities and their families to find, utilize, and coordinate available resources and opportunities in their communities based on their individual needs. Services available under these waivers include Personal Assistance Services and Personal Emergency Response services.